Japan's annual wholesale inflation jumped to a seven-month high of 4.2% in January and accelerated for the fifth straight ...

THE EXPECTATION: The Bank of Japan looks set to raise interest rates ... according to people familiar with the central bank’s thinking. Market expectations for an imminent rate increase have ...

JAPAN WAGES: BOJ policymakers have been growing more confident about wage growth in Japan after hearing positive feedback from local companies gathered by central ... bank doesn’t have to force ...

The Bank of Japan is set to continue raising its benchmark interest rate toward 1% for now and will likely look for further ...

Japan's economy grew faster than expected in the fourth quarter, on improved business spending and a surprise increase in ...

THE CHECKPOINTS: Ever since the central bank held policy ... that wage trends in Japan and U.S. economic policies will be important factors in deciding the next rate hike. He has also said that ...

The yen gained on positive Japanese economic data, leading to anticipation of Bank of Japan rate hikes, while the dollar weakened amid reduced U.S. tariff concerns. Japanese growth exceeded ...

“We would like to make a decision after we have studied the impact of this rate hike,” said the BOJ Chief cited in the agency report. The move from the Japanese central bank fueled the Yen 0.7 ...

Japan's biggest companies agreed to hike wages by 5.28% for 2024, the highest in 33 years, the country's largest union group said on Friday, reinforcing views that the county's central bank will ...

Japan's central bank raised interest rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its ...

Tokyo, Japan — The ... in line with the Bank’s outlook, and the likelihood of realizing the outlook has been rising,” the bank said in a statement. Even as other central banks have raised ...

It is the highest level since October 2008 as the economy makes steady progress toward the bank’s goal of stable 2% inflation and wage-backed growth.